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Rypien Named To Walter Camp Watch ListBronco QB has been named to three watch lists in 2016

July 15, 2016

BOISE, Idaho – Boise State quarterback Brett Rypien was named to the Walter Camp Player of the Year Award watch list Friday, his third such honor ahead of the 2016 campaign.

Rypien named to the watch list of the Maxwell Award on July 5, and Thursday was named to a candidate for the Davey O'Brien Award..

Rypien, one of 30 signal-callers on the O’Brien Award watch list and the only one from a Mountain West school, is coming off of a debut 2015 season in which he was named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and to the all-conference first team after leading the loop in passing yards (3,353), total offense (3,276 yards), completions (273) and attempts (429). Rypien, who made his collegiate debut in Week 3 (Sept. 18) against Idaho State, started Boise State’s final 10 games of 2015 and threw 20 touchdowns with a completion percentage of 63.6, both marks good for second in the Mountain West.

The Bronco quarterback set the Boise State and Mountain West freshman records with 469 passing yards at UNLV on Oct. 31, and two weeks later bettered that with 506 passing yards while setting the school single-game records for completions (41) and attempts (75). Rypien went on to be named the Poinsettia Bowl Offensive MVP after throwing for 377 yards and three touchdowns in Boise State’s 55-7 victory over Northern Illinois.